Elaborated Role-Play And Creativity

The following is a review of the article “Elaborated Role Play and Creativity in Preschool Age Children.” (Mottweiler & Taylor, 2014). The article discusses research that was conducted to evaluate the impact role play has on the creativity of children. The following describes the purpose of the research, the methods the researchers used, and an interpretation of their findings. I will also discuss how the findings relate to development and will conclude with a reflection on how my experiences relate to this study

Purpose of the Research

The authors administered this study in order to create measures of creativity that are suitable for preschool age children. Previous research used measures that were not appropriate for preschoolers. Once

My imaginary friend had a name (Judy), but I do not recall if I ever described her physically. I referred to her as my sister, so perhaps she looked like me. To this day, my family likes to tease me about my imaginary friend and tell stories about it. For instance, apparently I would insist that I could not get in the car until Judy did. I would also save a place for her to sit at the table, on the couch and in the car. I would also typically blame her for the bad things I did. For example, one time when we were visiting my sister, I cut her shower curtain, and then proceeded to blame it on Judy.

I enjoyed reading about imaginary friends when I was doing the assigned reading. Then, when I read this article, I became even more intrigued. I particularly related to what Berger said about imaginary friends in that they are created to fulfill social needs, such as companionship (Berger, 2014, p. 277). Although I have siblings, they are much older than me, so I was basically raised as an only child since I was the only one in the house. I did not attend pre-school, and although I had friends once I started kindergarten, I suppose that Judy fulfilled the companionship need I had at